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Joseph Edwards

Esports as spectacle and obsession

With Valorant coming into its second year, there’s an odd sort of atmosphere around everything. You might think that I’m about to talk…

9 min readSep 13, 2023

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Joseph Edwards

SBF, LoL, and risk management: a sidenote

A week ago, as Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire started to crumble into dust, the FT’s Alphaville section ran an exposé that shocked the world:

10 min readNov 17, 2022

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SBF, LoL, and risk management: a sidenote

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Joseph Edwards

VALORANT: Masters Copenhagen, playstyle check — Icebox, Viper, defense

The natural impulse when trying to understand different teams going into an international event in esports is to look to the big…

6 min readJun 26, 2022

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VALORANT: Masters Copenhagen, playstyle check — Icebox, Viper, defense

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Joseph Edwards

VALORANT: VCT, EU and NA, Operator usage and efficiency

A thought inspired by a combination of too much VALORANT and too much NBA content lately: how efficient are pro team Operator buys in…

5 min readJun 20, 2022

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VALORANT: VCT, EU and NA, Operator usage and efficiency

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Joseph Edwards

VCT: First bloods and rounds won: a pre-Masters overview

This is how reliant every team in EU, NA, and at Master’s is on first bloods to win rounds. The higher the final number, the less reliant…

6 min readApr 1, 2022

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VCT: First bloods and rounds won: a pre-Masters overview

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Joseph Edwards

VALORANT Champions and off-beat weapons: a review

Economy in VALORANT is very deliberately and specifically designed around the two main ‘rifles’ — the Vandal and the Phantom, both priced…

10 min readDec 21, 2021

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VALORANT Champions and off-beat weapons: a review

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Joseph Edwards

A pocket guide to Valorant economy (updated for 2021)

Back just after beta, I wrote an economy guide for Valorant. (I mostly wrote about the first few months of competitive Valorant on here…

9 min readAug 30, 2021

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Joseph Edwards

Valorant EU First Strike — the contenders (Purple Cobras, nolpenki, Prodigy, Heretics)

Small note to begin: this is a preview piece on EU First Strike. The operational assumption with regards to seeding for the main event is…

16 min readNov 23, 2020

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Valorant EU First Strike — the contenders (Purple Cobras, nolpenki, Prodigy, Heretics)

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Joseph Edwards

Valorant EU First Strike: the Guild gauntlet

As you read this, the bracket for the finals of First Strike: Europe is in the process of being set. By Monday, eight teams have…

12 min readNov 21, 2020

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Valorant EU First Strike: the Guild gauntlet

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Joseph Edwards

Valorant: Four thoughts on Vitality Ignition

Talking G2, the NiP exodus, meta notes, and tournament formats.

17 min readJul 13, 2020

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Valorant: Four thoughts on Vitality Ignition

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Joseph Edwards

Joseph Edwards

i wear a lot of hats. crypto: Head of Research for Enigma Securities (Bloomberg: NH ENI). esports: coach, LoL 2x LCS champ (TSM 17 TL 18), now Valorant w/ HONK

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